Hillsboro recorder., 1887-12-01
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
READABLE ITEMS CAREFULLY
GATHERED HITLER AND YON.
Social, temperance and Religious Move
mcnts--Fires, Deaths and Suicides
road Operations and improvements.

meutsr-Etrcsy Ueutus ana Suictdes-huit-
road Operations nnd improvements.
Forest fires continue to rage around
Memphis, Tenn, and the damage sus-
tanned is becoming serious. .....
Two engines on the L. 7. V. and G..
railroad collided at Macon, Ca, aud were
badly broken up, but no one was hurt. 4
Several gin houses in Crittenden coun-
ty, Arkansas, have been burned, also in
counties Of Mississippi which border on
the river. ~
The fine residence Of Sci Lacy, at Col
linsville, Ala, was burned to the ground.
Mr.. Lacy succeeded in saving most of
his household goods.
There have been no new cases of fever
and no deaths in Tampa, Fla, since the
last report. The doctors and the nurses
are going home, and the epidemic is ended.
The extensive saw mill aud planning
factory of ]. w. Angel, at Spring City,
Tenn was entirely destroyed by fire.
The building caught fire from spark
that landed on the roof.
The residence of Geo. NJ. Drake, for
merly editor Of the Knoxville, Tenn,
Chronicle, located on Lookout Mountain,
was entirely consumed by fire. The
cause of the fire was defective fiue.
Fire at Covington, Tenn, burned L. L.
Smiths family grocery store, Leather
wood & Turner's general store, in the
the rear of which was located the post
Office and E. w. Smitheal's law office.
The losses were partially insured.
A freight train was wrecked on the
Mexican Central, % miles south of e.
Paso, Texas. Charles Townsend and
son, of that city, were killed. Twn others
were taken from the wreck, carried tC
Chihuahua, and are reported dead.
The second marriage recorded in Au
gusta, Ca, Of a white woman marrying ;
Celestial, occurred the other evening. Juhr
Loo Chong. who keeps general grocery
store, and Miss Alice Quattlebaum, al
operative Of the Riverside mills, were
the contracting parties.
Some unknown parties blew up OLD
man Tomberlin's barn, about four milo
from Jasper, Ga, with dynamite. Th'
old man is about 80 years old, and i
quite an old citizen. The night befort
some one turned over his barrel of syruI
aud wasted il all-some 40 gallons. Th'
explosion was heard some eight or ter
miles.
The wind-storm which prevailed re
Gently, has been destructive to man!
dwellings and outhouses Of planters, es
pecially in the counties to the west o
Memphis, in Arkansas, but owing TO III,
secluded country aud the lack of tele
graphic facilities, it will be several day
before the true condition of sffairs i
learned.
The Thibodeaux, La, white pickeC
guard was fired upon early in the morn
ing and two men wounded. An attacl
was Immediately made on the n:grOe
and ten or twelve were killed. The res
Of the men left for the woods. All j
quiet, and laborers are at work on all III
plantations. There is no excitement out
side Of the town.
Dispatches from CRANKY, No., a thriy
ing town in the lead region Of Newto
county, state that q confagration starte,
there, and that one hundred houses ha,
been consumed, including all the princi
pal business places In town. Til
drought In that section has been Ion
and severe, and as the town was built al
most entirely Of wood, the houses burne
like tinder.
James Hill q farmer who lived 4
Thomasville, small village near Clarke
University, Atlanta, Ga, met with fat;
accident lie was on horseback. driyin
drove of cows home, when the hors
stumbled, while jumping ditch, au
threw Mr.. Hill. TO the grounh. Th
horse while struggling to rise fell up
Mr.. Hill, aud injured him 10 such an e,
tent that death resulted in a few hour
afterwards.
The New Orleans, L., Cotton f.
change SAYS: 1--WE do not feel IL necH
sary to say any more in favor Of coltO
than we have previously expressed, I
the daily advance shows that either laFa
crop ideas are giving way to small one
Or,ihai there Is general realization thi
prices are too low, considering i
strength on its own merits. New YoI
was too points higher after the clOi
and We anticipate an advanC
both on spots and futures
Liverpool. We see no reason why Ne
Orleans and New York should not op.
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